cmd: removes hidden dependency on diff command #6452
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Why the changes in this PR are needed?
There's a hidden dependency on the
diff
command, which can fail if there is no diff tool installed.What are the changes in this PR?
diff
with a call to the go-diff library, which is already installedformatFile
function to improve coverageFurther comments:
I wanted to add more tests to continue to improve coverage, specifically for the
-w
flag, but that's beyond the scope of this issue and would have taken some lengthy digging into theutil/test
package. Is there a general coverage improvement issue that can be used for things like that?Fixes #6284